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[QUOTE]bbradley - 4/12/2017  2:37 PM

I did a lot of research on this boat and talked to several ranger dealers as well.

-Basically they redesigned the interior as I'm sure you noticed.
-Made the boat rated for a 200HP motor (still only rated for 4 cylinder 200's) which I was hoping you could put the Verado 200 V6 on it. 
-Another thing that I didn't like on the newer model is that if you fish from the back like i do when i musky fish there really isn't a platform like there was in the past angler models.  They added a separator right behind the jumpseats for whatever reason. By the time you add a 200HP motor couple of helix 10 graphs and kicker and trolling motor your pushing 55K. So I decided to go the route in purchasing a 2 year old 620 with warranty instead and I do not regret my decision one bit.

Overall they are a really nice boat for trolling and other recreation use. But I get the same consistent answer when I talked to different dealers and how it compares to the fisherman series (619). They say nothing compares to their fisherman series, that's their flagship model.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 4/12/2017 2:37 PM (#856853 - in reply to #856849)
Subject: Re: Ranger 1880MS

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I did a lot of research on this boat and talked to several ranger dealers as well.

-Basically they redesigned the interior as I'm sure you noticed.
-Made the boat rated for a 200HP motor (still only rated for 4 cylinder 200's) which I was hoping you could put the Verado 200 V6 on it.
-Another thing that I didn't like on the newer model is that if you fish from the back like i do when i musky fish there really isn't a platform like there was in the past angler models. They added a separator right behind the jumpseats for whatever reason. By the time you add a 200HP motor couple of helix 10 graphs and kicker and trolling motor your pushing 55K. So I decided to go the route in purchasing a 2 year old 620 with warranty instead and I do not regret my decision one bit.

Overall they are a really nice boat for trolling and other recreation use. But I get the same consistent answer when I talked to different dealers and how it compares to the fisherman series (619). They say nothing compares to their fisherman series, that's their flagship model.